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3DFx widget
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<p id="GUID-7FB464FA-CE8E-4BDC-849F-FAC177ED2F7B">  The 3DFx widget provides you with a collection of 3D animation approaches to visualize and analyze geographic information in an intuitive and interactive 3D environment. Currently, the widget supports  six visualization types in  both global and local scenes.</p><ul purpose="ul" id="UL_61545D23263B470180CC7CF12FBA3231"><li purpose="li" id="LI_E30608ADF7874D279A836734316DC9DA"><span class="uicontrol">Point Extrusion</span>—Uses cylinders to display a point feature layer</li><li purpose="li" id="LI_B47F0613EE3C49A9AF0D3BFD7EE428AC"><span class="uicontrol">Pulse</span>—Uses circles to display a point feature
layer
</li><li purpose="li" id="LI_D924165EB9F64A4F8EC7B25808829023"><span class="uicontrol">Bounce</span>—Uses glowing balls on top of dash lines to
display a point feature layer</li><li purpose="li" id="LI_C9C2D61CB66F4BDCA110C68DB8F0CCD7"><span class="uicontrol">Fireball</span>—Uses flying, glowing balls to display a polyline feature layer</li><li purpose="li" id="LI_9E889B88FC804615935C09F91D235D48"><span class="uicontrol">Jet Trail</span>—Uses flying, glowing balls with tails to display a polyline feature layer</li><li purpose="li" id="GUID-53FB48AA-FB4E-4423-BC77-799219F6F74D"><span class="uicontrol">Area Extrusion</span>—Uses boxes to display a polygon feature layer</li></ul><div class="notes" id="GUID-92DA1754-383C-4143-A08D-903318F26A8F"><div class="note"><img class="note_img" src="rsrc/note.png" alt="Note" title="Note"><span>Note:</span></div><div class="tipbody"><p id="GUID-CDD043DC-B5AE-47B2-BBDE-DE3CF6AAEC0E">Only feature layers from feature services are currently supported.</p></div></div><div class="section1" id="GUID-56650B2C-7FFE-48E0-83D2-7285CA6E6293" purpose="section1"><h2>
Configuring the 3DFx widget</h2></div>
<div class="wfsteps" purpose="wfsteps"><h4></h4><div class="steps" id="GUID-F7A3423D-77D9-40E5-AF89-B413B2792F61"><div class="step_title">Steps:</div><ol>
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<span purpose="cmd" id="GUID-C69E4526-C898-4581-84D8-C3F44556B42B">
Under <span class="uicontrol">Visualization Settings</span>, choose the visualization
type (see details in the Visualization Types section) from the drop-down menu. </span>
<ul purpose="choices" id="ESRI_CHOICES_2ECECB4C577D4AB8BA8FF988E6701C22"><li purpose="choice" id="ESRI_CHOICE_471553E122FE40A0815FAB4FDD80F340"><span class="uicontrol">Point Extrusion</span> uses a cylinder to display a point feature layer.  The height of the cylinder represents the value of the visualization field. The larger the value, the higher the cylinder. The <span class="uicontrol">Max Symbol Height</span> controls the height of the cylinder with the highest value. The <span class="uicontrol">Max Symbol Width</span> controls the radius of all cylinders. After the widget is activated, the cylinders will gradually extrude from the ground and stop when they reach the maximum height. <div class="image" purpose="image"><table><tr><td><img class="break" src="03w3/GUID-60C34CEC-6647-413A-A6A5-EACB43C532D3-web.png" purpose="img" alt="Point Extrusion" title="Point Extrusion"></td></tr></table></div></li><li purpose="choice" id="ESRI_CHOICE_BDEC725E3335428C81A5F4B42FD0B41D"><span class="uicontrol">Pulse</span> uses circles to display a point feature layer.  The radius of a circle represents the value at its centroid location. The larger the value, the larger the circle. The <span class="uicontrol">Max Symbol Width</span> controls the radius of the circle with the highest value. After the widget is activated, the circles will continuously expand to their largest radius and repeatedly shrink.  <div class="image" purpose="image"><table><tr><td><img class="break" src="03w3/GUID-F9BFE8EA-480E-4A46-BE75-D08D43AE8D59-web.png" purpose="img" alt="Pulse" title="Pulse"></td></tr></table></div></li><li purpose="choice" id="ESRI_CHOICE_F20B7C16421942EAA2E6632F5997F5EB"><span class="uicontrol">Bounce</span> uses glowing balls on top of dash lines to display a point feature layer.  The height of the dash line and the radius of the glowing ball both represent the field value at their point location. The larger the value, the larger the glowing ball. The <span class="uicontrol">Max Symbol Height</span> controls the height of the dash line with the highest value. After the widget is activated, the balls will continuously bounce up to their maximum heights and repeatedly return to the ground.<div class="image" purpose="image"><table><tr><td><img class="break" src="03w3/GUID-B09A2DF9-8763-40DE-988D-FF0A71DF86F2-web.png" purpose="img" alt="Bounce" title="Bounce"></td></tr></table></div></li><li purpose="choice" id="ESRI_CHOICE_BCF64F7B89C049139C7F3D9D7EA2155C"><span class="uicontrol">Fireball</span> uses flying, glowing balls to display a polyline feature layer.  For a line feature, an arc will be created to connect the start node and the end node of this feature, and a set of balls will fly along this arc to represent the value of the field. The larger the value, the larger the ball. The <span class="uicontrol">Max Symbol Height and Width</span> are disabled for this type. After the widget is activated, the balls will continuously fly from the start node to the end node.<div class="image" purpose="image"><table><tr><td><img class="break" src="03w3/GUID-35F335AB-9C23-447D-B068-DF52B9093FD9-web.png" purpose="img" alt="Fireball" title="Fireball"></td></tr></table></div></li><li purpose="choice" id="ESRI_CHOICE_A3471340DE774D739C4248F631C0C7BC"><span class="uicontrol">Jet Trail</span> uses flying, glowing balls with tails to display a polyline feature layer. For a line feature, a glowing ball with a tail will jump from the start node to its end node to represent the value of the field. The larger the value, the larger the ball. The <span class="uicontrol">Max Symbol Height and Width</span> are disabled for this type. After the widget is activated, the balls will continuously jump from the start node to the end node.<div class="image" purpose="image"><table><tr><td><img class="break" src="03w3/GUID-144E8BF5-5F56-4BC3-A886-E2DFCFD70BA9-web.png" purpose="img" alt="Jet Trail" title="Jet Trail"></td></tr></table></div></li><li purpose="choice" id="GUID-4A53E1F5-CB2C-4CB2-B477-4E6201628CD0"><span class="uicontrol">Area Extrusion</span> uses boxes to display a polygon feature layer. For a polygon feature, a box will extrude from the ground to its maximum height,  representing the value of the selected field. The larger the value, the taller the box. The <span class="uicontrol">Max Symbol Height</span>controls the height of the box with the highest value. After the widget is activated, the boxes will gradually extrude from the ground and stop when they reach the maximum heights. <div class="image" purpose="image"><table><tr><td><img class="break" src="03w3/GUID-A07E8DA4-D39D-4704-A798-8E0486A0C96A-web.png" purpose="img" alt="Area Extrusion" title="Area Extrusion"></td></tr></table></div></li></ul></li><li purpose="step" id="ESRI_STEP_9BDDEDC35DDD4577B4A1696524714DB7"><span purpose="cmd" id="GUID-216C6EFA-298B-4950-82A6-CD363984C8E9">Optionally, you can turn on or off  <span class="uicontrol">Show values as percentage of all values</span> for a visualization field specified in step 6 if the selected feature layer includes less or equal than 400 records.  If the selected feature layer includes more than 400 records, <span class="uicontrol">Show values as percentage of all values</span> will remain unchecked.</span></li><li purpose="step" id="ESRI_STEP_80D40346B306420EA994346CB7229EF5"> <span purpose="cmd" id="GUID-4D814429-DC9E-4E5C-9F4E-0B41D8ECA95C">Uncheck <span class="uicontrol">Automatically Change Colors</span> and the symbol color of the  visualization in the scene will use the color of the selected theme.  You can change the symbol color by picking a color from <span class="uicontrol">Style</span> under the <span class="uicontrol">Theme</span> tab. If it is checked, the symbol color of the  visualization is automatically changed when there is more than one visualization  field.</span></li><li purpose="step" id="ESRI_STEP_C6BB544E729A4AB085A0FD00953F9018"><span purpose="cmd" id="GUID-4AA91980-5AF5-4A7C-BC1B-4BD3A7E7F380">If applied, define the maximum  symbol height and width in meters as well as the interval in milliseconds to automatically change colors per field. </span></li><li purpose="step" id="ESRI_STEP_5FA6DB6B78474927BB050A98047BFBB0"><span purpose="cmd" id="GUID-887833AA-E2CD-43DE-B549-E1352FD1A816">Under <span class="uicontrol">Layer Settings</span>, choose the visualization layer and display a field from the drop-down menu. </span></li><li purpose="step" id="ESRI_STEP_094FCF4A8C7A490889FA8FEF819774DF"><span purpose="cmd" id="GUID-850EBD1C-C691-4043-A529-9A8EE041EE80">Click <span class="uicontrol">Add Visualization Field</span> and choose the visualization field that you  are want from the drop-down menu. Repeatedly add more visualization fields. Provide a display label for each visualization field. You can also sort or remove the fields.</span></li>
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<div class="section1" id="ESRI_SECTION1_5F8772DDC7C147B7B7174AE4B945319E" purpose="section1"><h2>Using the 3DFx widget</h2></div> <div class="wfsteps" purpose="wfsteps"><h4></h4><div class="steps" id="ESRI_STEPS_B9D186BE7C3545A6BBBBDE851C23F3D7"><div class="step_title">Steps:</div><ol><li purpose="step" id="ESRI_STEP_EE180F724748429DBF1C6AAEC848EB8E"><span purpose="cmd" id="GUID-3132F52D-9FD1-4FFD-8362-ACEA445AA011">Click the widget and a pane opens at the bottom of the app, displaying a visualization field value for features on the scene. Click the horizontal slider to see the rest of the values. With a point feature layer, click a card to navigate to its corresponding point location on the scene.  <div class="image" purpose="image"><table><tr><td><img class="break" src="03w3/GUID-85E0C688-832F-431F-A887-BD59C1FC73A0-web.png" purpose="img" alt="3DFx display" title="3DFx display"></td></tr></table></div></span></li><li purpose="step" id="ESRI_STEP_6C0D6E068F8447AC946C777F8D0DA64B"><span purpose="cmd" id="GUID-5321EB10-EED8-474A-8881-CBC052C80AE5">Click the <span class="uicontrol">Start</span> or <span class="uicontrol">Stop</span> button next to the display field name to change the rotation status of the global scene.  This button  does not apply to the local scene.</span></li><li purpose="step" id="ESRI_STEP_7B5C53018B8649BAB6B3040435F0AC6F"><span purpose="cmd" id="GUID-363DACE0-11C2-4B5C-8AB7-15A372F0ED22">Click <img purpose="img" placement="inline" alt="Visualize other fields" title="Visualize other fields" src="03w3/GUID-39B47850-12CA-47AA-9953-60B8FCEC33C6-web.png"> to visualize other fields on the scene.</span></li></ol></div></div>
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